Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-0130

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
caldera
eric-allman
bsdi
freebsd
hp
ibm
redhat
nessus
exploit available
NVD
Published: 1996-11-16
Updated: 2008-09-09

Summary

Local users can start Sendmail in daemon mode and gain root privileges.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Caldera
1
Application
Eric_Allman
4
OS
Bsdi
1
OS
Freebsd
2
OS
Hp
4
OS
Ibm
1
OS
Redhat
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionBSD/OS 2.1,Caldera Network Desktop 1.0,Eric Allman Sendmail. CVE-1999-0130. Local exploits for multiple platform
idEDB-ID:19556
last seen2016-02-02
modified1996-11-16
published1996-11-16
reporterLeshka Zakharoff
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/19556/
titleBSD 2,CND 1,Sendmail 8.x,FreeBSD 2.1.x,HP-UX 10.x,AIX 4,RedHat 4 Sendmail Daemon Vuln

Nessus

NASL familySMTP problems
NASL idSENDMAIL_DAEMON_MODE.NASL
descriptionThe remote Sendmail server, according to its version number, allows local user to start it in daemon mode and gain root privileges.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id11346
published2003-03-11
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2003-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/11346
titleSendmail < 8.8.3 Daemon Mode Local Privilege Escalation
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
# Original script by Xue Yong Zhi <[email protected]>
#
# Changes by Tenable:
# - Revised plugin title, output formatting (9/14/09)
# - Updated to use compat.inc, added CVSS score (11/20/2009)
# - Fixed typo in the solution (03/05/2014)
# - rewritten by Tenable (7/13/2018)

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(11346);
  script_version("1.20");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/09/17 21:46:53");

  script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0130");
  script_bugtraq_id(716);

  script_name(english:"Sendmail < 8.8.3 Daemon Mode Local Privilege Escalation");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version number");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host has an application that is affected by a local
privilege escalation vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Sendmail server, according to its version number, allows
local user to start it in daemon mode and gain root privileges.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Install Sendmail 8.8.3 or later. Alternatively install a
vendor-supplied patch.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-1999-0130");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"1996/11/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2003/03/11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:sendmail:sendmail");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"SMTP problems");

  script_dependencies("sendmail_detect.nbin");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Sendmail");
  exit(0);
}

include("vcf.inc");

app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:"Sendmail");

constraints = [{ "fixed_version" : "8.8.3" }];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);

References